BOOK REVIEW
Reviewed by Maria Cristina Galmarini (College of William & Mary) __0__
The Afterlife of the ‘Soviet Man’: Rethinking Homo Sovieticus
by Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Bloomsbury Academic 2022. 136 pp. (paper), ISBN 978-1-350-16772-8.
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Maria Cristina Galmarini. Review of Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, The Afterlife of the ‘Soviet Man’
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Nov 25, 2023
25 November 2023Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, November 25, 2023
A highway tunnel being built through the mountains in the Char Dham Hindu pilgrimage zone caved in on November 12, 2023, trapping 41 workers on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway, in (...) -
Caste census: game changer or false hope? | Ajay Gudavarthy
25 November 2023The opposition wants to bring back caste as a check on the BJP’s reach, but the strategy may not live up to expectations.
The results of the five state elections underway in India will be known on 3 December, and the next general election is just (...) -
Impact of Changing Weather Patterns and Climate Change on Construction Workers | Bharat Dogra
25 November 2023, by Bharat DograWith the onset of winter construction workers in Delhi begin to worry about the likely ban on construction work which has been imposed generally during the winter in recent years, related to efforts to reduce the level and adverse impact of (...) -
Reconciling Paradoxes in Climate Policy Making | Prakash C.J, Ecosystem People Supporters
25 November 2023Preamble: “Our knowledge and control of the natural world, now science is seen as coping with many uncertainties in policy issues of risk and the environment. In response, new styles of scientific activity are being developed. The reductionist, (...) -
Fatal road crashes in Southasia: From preventible to preventing | Mridul Bhasin
25 November 2023The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year. But for those who have lost loved ones to road crashes, every day is a reminder of a preventable tragedy, writes a mother who (...) -
Debate on Deindustrialization continued: Fakirmohan Senapati’s ‘Balesore Pangaluna’ | Radhakanta Barik
25 November 2023, by Radhakanta BarikAbstract: On public perception, Odisha remains the poorest state but things were different in the first half 19th century. The state was bubbling with economic activities. The whole of coastal Odisha had certain key industries like Salt (...) -
Did Birsa Munda die in vain? | S.G.Vombatkere
25 November 2023, by S G VombatkereBirsa Munda, born on November 15, 1875 in Ulihatu village (present Jharkhand) in British times, died mysteriously – reportedly of cholera, but likely poisoned – as an undertrial in Ranchi Central Jail on June 9, 1900. But why was Birsa Munda in (...) -
India’s Fight Against Poverty and Hunger | S N Tripathy
25 November 2023, by S N TripathyIn the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) for 2023, India has been ranked at the 111th position out of 125 countries. This marks a slight decline from its position in 2022, when it was ranked 107th out of 121 countries. The report (...) -
A tale of high morality | Faraz Ahmad
25 November 2023, by Faraz AhmadThere was a leader of a political party who committed adultery upon his mentor and friend’s much married wife and produced a child from this liaison. He rose to the highest position in the country. By then everyone knew of this extra marital (...)
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